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The week’s big “timepiece story” was undoubtedly the news that a Patek
Philippe watch, once owned by triangular-haired guitarist Eric Clapton, has
been sold for a record £2.3 million to a collector.

“Most experts would rank it among the world’s ten most significant
wristwatches,” a spokesman from Christie’s watch department told The
Telegraph, in a quote very few people would be qualified, or bothered,
to argue with. “It stands out for historical importance, mechanical
complexity, beauty, and superior provenance.”

Yes yes yes yes — that’s all well and good. But what CW wants to know is, does
said watch have an